| J.R. Miller D.D. | Page 14 |
St. Paul puts it very clearly in a remarkable passage in which he tells us how to find peace. “In nothing be anxious.” That is the first part of the lesson. “Nothing” means really nothing. There are to be no exceptions. No matter what comes, in nothing be anxious. Do not try to make out that your case is peculiar and that you may rightly be anxious, even if others have no reason for worry. “In nothing be anxious.” No excuse is left to any believer in Christ who would claim a right to be anxious. It is our privilege and duty to be free always from anxiety and to show the sad world only victorious joy.
“Dinna gloom–whate’er ye do–
The world is ower sad,
Hide the greetin’ o’ yer heart,
And let yer face be glad.
“Life, with never sparing hand,
Has strewn her path with ill,
And planted in yer heart desires
She never can fulfill.
“In may be disappointment waits
Upon the topmost height,
And you will only climb to find
A mist hides all from sight.
But dinna gloom, whate’er ye do,
The world is ower sad,
Hide the greetin’ o’ yer heart
And let yer face be glad.”
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